Collectanea : First Series.

Cloth, gilt cover device, top edge gilt, 8vo, 23 cm, vii, [1], 358 pp, folding plan. Contents : I Letters relating to Oxford in the 14th Century, ed. by H. H. Henson; II Catalogue of the Library of Oriel College in the 14th Century, ed. by C. L. Shadwell; III Daily ledger of John Dorne, bookseller in Oxford, 1520, ed. by F. Madan; IV All Souls College versus Lady Jane Stafford, 1587, ed. by C. R. L. Fletcher; V Account Book of James Wilding, Undergraduate of Merton College, 1682-88, ed. by E. G. Duff; VI Dr. Wallis's Letter against Mr Maidwell, 1700, ed. by T. W. Jackson. From the introduction: "The Ledger of an Oxford Bookseller at the commencement of the sixteenth century is. a contribution of unique interest.; the Catalogue of the Library of Oriel College in the fourteenth century. presents even rarer attractions of a bibliographical nature; while Mr. Jackson's preface to the curious Letter of Dr. Wallis - a letter which breathes throughout that fine old eighteenth century spirit for which Oxonians have been ever since so much praised and vituperated - is a most valuable contribution to the history of the so-called Augustan age of England. Mr. Henson's notes and prefaces to royal and papal letters, etc., of the fourteenth century relating to the University, amply elucidate documents, which are in themselves worthy of careful study; while Mr. Duff's 'Account-book of an Undergraduate 1682-8' provides a somewhat more spicy pabulum for the reader who is not ashamed to be called frivolous." Front board mottled and a little worn, contents Good.…